Laurence Fox Quotes

It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.

Fatherhood didn't just happen to me. I am deliberately living it, re-imagining it, and rediscovering it every day. It is as beautiful as I make it, just like anything else in life.

I do know I will enjoy family life. What I've seen from moms, or heard stories from people who became a parent, it's such a consuming thing; it's such a wonderful thing. I consider it an extreme luxury to have that time and to not have to do anything else, and just be with my kid.

I really don't know how to tell you what it feels like to be a parent.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

My father realizes that he did okay with me. He did the best he could.

My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.

Having a son is not all pleasure.

But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

It is always fragile, being a parent.

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.

My children are the most important thing in my life.

Motherhood is the most challenging as well as the utmost satisfying vocation in this world.

I feel simultaneously completely vulnerable and made wholly brave by becoming a parent. It has changed the way that I live my life. Because I want to be an example for my son.

No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.

I personally don't resent having my children.

Fatherhood is great.

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.

As anyone who is a father or mother out there can tell you, it's pretty amazing.

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

Having a child changes everything. All of a sudden you have so much to lose, so much to live for.